Table of Contents: Benjamin Franklin and women

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Bibliographic Details
Contributors:	Tise, Larry E.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park, Pa., Pennsylvania State University Press, c2000.
Subjects and Genres:	Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790 > Relations with women. Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790 > Influence. Women > United States > Social conditions > 18th century.
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Table of Contents:

Principal women in the life of Benjamin Franklin: a biographical glossary
Chronology of Benjamin Franklin's encounters with women
Introduction: Benjamin Franklin and the world of women
Family partnerships: the working wife, honoring Deborah Franklin / Sheila Skemp
Liberty and the rights of women: Sarah Franklin's declaration of independence / Larry E. Tise
Three women, three styles: Catharine Ray, Polly Hewson, and Georgiana Shipley / Claude-Anne Lopez
Sex and the married man: Benjamin Franklin's families / Jan Lewis
Petitioning with the left hand: educating women in Benjamin Franklin's America / Mary Kelley
Franklin, women, and American cultural myths / Carla Mulford
Salons and power in the era of revolution: from literary coteries to epistolary enlightenment / Susan Stabile.